File #: 2023-0378    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/7/2023 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/23/2024
Enactment date: 1/31/2024 Enactment #: 19736
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute identical interlocal agreements with the Renton Regional Fire Authority and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority delegating administrative duties to perform inspections of the fire code operational permit program of regulated occupancies in fire protection districts 25, 37, and 43.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Fire Code, Fire Districts, Interlocal Agreement, Puget Sound, Renton, City of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19736, 2. A. Interlocal Agreement between King County and Renton Regional Fire Authority Relating to the Administration of the Fire Code Operational Permit Program in Unincorporated King County version date January 3, 2024, 3. B. Interlocal Agreement between King County and Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Relating to the Administration of the Fire Code Operational Permit Program in Unincorporated King County version date January 3, 2024, 4. A. Interlocal Agreement Between King County and Renton Regional Fire Authority Relating to the Administration of the Fire Code Operational Permit Program in Unincorporated King County, 5. B. Interlocal Agreement between King County and Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Relating to the Administration of the Fire Code Operational Permit Program in Unincorporated King County, 6. 2023-0378 transmittal letter, 7. 2023-0378 Regulatory Note Checklist of Criteria, 8. 2023-0378 Summary of Proposed Ordinance relating to Interlocal Agreement with Renton Regional Fire Authority and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority, 9. 06-Draft-Public-Ad-Template, 10. 2023-0378 fiscal note, 11. ILA Fire Insp PSRFA, 12. ILA Fire Insp Renton, 13. 2023-0378 Legislative Review Form, 14. 2023-0378 AMD1_RevisedILAs, 15. 2023-0378_FireILAs_SR, 16. 2023-0378_FireILAs_REVISED_SR
Staff: Bowman, Nick

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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute identical interlocal agreements with the Renton Regional Fire Authority and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority delegating administrative duties to perform inspections of the fire code operational permit program of regulated occupancies in fire protection districts 25, 37, and 43.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  The county adopted K.C.C. Title 17, also known as the Fire Code of King County, to set fire safety standards within its unincorporated areas.

2.  K.C.C. 17.04.230.3. authorizes the county fire marshal to delegate fire prevention inspection authority to the chiefs of the King County fire districts and city fire departments within the county through interlocal agreements.

3.  The county, the Renton Regional Fire Authority, and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority agree that the Renton Regional Fire Authority and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority are in the best position to administer and perform inspections of the fire code operational permit program on behalf of the county.

4.  Interlocal agreements between the county and the Renton Regional Fire Authority and between the county and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority to administer the fire code operational permit program on behalf of the County is authorized by chapter 19.27 RCW, the State Building Code Act, and chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act.

5.  King County maintains all local governmental authority and jurisdiction to adopt, interpret, and amend the International Fire Code within unincorporated King County.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     The county executive is hereby authorized to execute contract agreements with the Renton Regional Fire Authority and the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority relating

to the administration of the fire code operational permit program in unincorporated King County in substantially the form of Attachments A and B to this ordinance.